Not so mainstream in our usual techno sphere, and even less in France, Hannes Wenner and Christopher Bleckmann have risen up Niederflur for over a decade now. After being immersed in the world of drum ‘n bass and breakbeat in the late 90s, this duo from Cologne has been one of the first to join today’s world famous Minus stable. They released 3 EPs on this structure in 2001, followed by the « ND4 » album one year later. Subsequently, another bunch of EPs were released on Richie Hawtin’s label, but also on Archipel Records and Little Helpers. Anxious to keep a musical universe not only confined to the « Minus » sound, mostly built around chattering basslines and a very deep atmosphere, the two Germans have always managed to innovate and renew themselves. Their side project called Misc. is the striking proof of their versatility: the Misc. sound seems to be much more dancefloor-friendly thanks to an intoxicating and exciting techno, just like their track « Schock » released last year on Perc Trax, and preceeded by several releases on Kompakt, Klang Elektronik and Resopal Schallware.
Yet the Niederflur project remains on the front of the stage. They even launched their own label called Niederflur Tracks recently, and released their second album « Bipolar » on it. A remix EP came out last month, ably led by Raudive, Jonas Kopp, Pheek and Datasoul, their brand new project which should soon mingle with the Minus catalogue. A second EP of remixes will also be released at the end of the month, with guests as talented as Ed Davenport, Terence Fixmer and Troy Pierce.

From Moritz von Oswald to SCSI-9, the two lads take us on a journey of what electronic music has best to offer. If just like us you were starting to get tired of all this « minimal techno » trend, this will be the miracle cure you’ve been waiting for. It’s easy to see that Niederflur didn’t do this mix lightly, so that they have clearly made one of the best episodes of our podcast series thanks to their indisputable science of breaks and progression and their talent to combine new stuff along with old school gems.

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